A Nascency Voices gathering · San Diego
An afternoon sharing what made your surrogacy experience incredible, unexpected, challenging, or meaningful; meeting other amazing women in the surrogacy community; and unwinding together at Good Life Resort in San Diego.
Why we're gathering
Around the world, surrogacy is increasingly being challenged, restricted, and misunderstood. In countries like Italy, families created through surrogacy now face growing legal and political opposition. Here in the U.S., we’ve seen troubling rhetoric too — including the Florida Attorney General comparing surrogacy to slavery.
We believe the people who have actually lived surrogacy should help shape the conversation. This gathering brings together surrogates, parents through surrogacy, clinicians, and advocates who care deeply about protecting ethical surrogacy and making sure real experiences are heard.
We’ll share these stories publicly — through Nascency Voices and other advocacy efforts — so future conversations are informed by lived experience, not assumptions.
What to expect
A relaxed, low-pressure afternoon with storytelling at its center — share as much or as little as you like, and bring a +1 (partner or friend).
Just for showing up
A Nascency beach towel for every guest. Yours to take home.
Several raffle drawings throughout the afternoon. Gift cards, swag, surprises.
Drinks, mocktails, and a coastal-bite spread — all on us.
Who you'll meet
A verified attendee list will be announced closer to the event. Expect surrogates, parents through surrogacy, clinicians, and advocates from across the Southern California surrogacy community.
Why we do this
Our first Share Your Story campaign launched in 2024. 500+ surrogates responded, and we sat down for 200+ in-depth interviews. Those conversations built the foundation for key parts of our surrogacy and perinatal support program — the way we match, the way we prepare carriers, the way we show up after delivery.
But this work goes beyond our own programs. We collect and share these stories to educate the public, advocate for continued access to ethical surrogacy, and support the surrogates and intended families who come next. When real experiences are heard, the public conversation becomes more accurate — and more humane.
It’s how we live our mission and vision: more complete families, and a better surrogacy experience for everyone it touches.
What your story builds
This is why we keep collecting them — so every program we build is rooted in what carriers actually experienced.
Our Mission
Fill the world with more complete families, one beautiful surrogacy journey at a time.
Our Vision
To build the most innovative and trustworthy familybuilding platform by endearing the surrogacy experience for all.
RSVP
Free to attend. Fill this out and we'll reach out personally to say hello before we confirm. Just a quick, low-key conversation first.
We'll reach out in the next few days — just a quick hello before we confirm your spot. Beach towel reserved.
Good Life Resort · San Diego · July 12, 2026We'll reach out personally to set up your 15-minute interview. While you wait, head over to Nascency Voices to create your account — that's where your story will live.
Go to Nascency Voices →We'll let you know when the next gathering is happening near you. In the meantime, Nascency Voices is where the community lives year-round — your story has a home there too.
Visit Nascency Voices →Beyond July 12
Whether you carried recently or carried a decade ago — whether you can fly to San Diego or not — there’s a place for what you’ve learned. Nascency Voices is where surrogates, partners, and the broader community share their stories year-round, through writing, recorded calls, and on-camera interviews.